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this was mostly explained by high degree of inmigration
in developed districts in comparison
to less developed districts. This study also
found a positive association between levels of
development and in-migration rate. Das (1980)
identified four development factors to be related
with population growth in India. They were:
-industrial development·, ·social development·,
·agricultural development" and IIdevelopment constraints·.
All the vambles,
taken together,
explained 95.6 per cent of the total variance in
population growth rate.
Similarly, Stockwell and Laidlaw (1980)
carried out a study of 31 LOes
to measure the
association between economic development and
population growth rate. The rate of economic
development was defined as an increase in real per
capita GNP.
They found negative association between
rate of economic development and population
growth rate during 19705.
However, the relationship
was not statistically significant. ~~re
interestingly, the study also found the steady
decline in the magnitude of negative association